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[News] GNU/Linux Enjoys Wealth of Free Documentation

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The need to know: Documentation in Linux

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| A common mantra among programmers is that "good code is self-documenting", 
| but however good a programmer is, code that doesn't contain some level of 
| internal documentation is hard to follow and maintain, and code that isn't 
| documented at the user level isn't always easy to use. In the broadest sense, 
| documentation and the usability of the software are interchangeable notions.    
| 
| For this reason, Free Software projects are always in need of volunteers to 
| enhance and maintain the wealth of Linux and free software user documentation 
| that is distributed around the net.  
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http://www.itpro.co.uk/606693/the-need-to-know-documentation-in-linux

Case of point:

Audio Rippers and Encoders in Ubuntu Linux

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| The application you use to rip audio files from CD and encode them into 
| space-saving MP3 or Ogg Vorbis formats is commonly referred to as a ripper. 
| For some time now, the most commonly used non–command-line ripper was Grip, 
| which still has its dedicated following. Other simpler-to-use rippers, 
| however, have surfaced more recently, such as RipperX, Goobox, and the one 
| that comes bundled with Ubuntu: Sound Juicer.     
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http://computingtech.blogspot.com/2008/09/audio-rippers-and-encoders-in-ubuntu.html


Recent:

The way that will bring more users to GNU/Linux

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| How the documentation is important to the GNU/Linux world? Why we need a
| documentation?
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| Basically this is crucial point for any project. The documentation is
| something like a gate to the project, new users go through that gate to enter
| in the project and if that gate is broken the user could go in the wrong
| direction.
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http://linuxdocumentation.net/ld/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=83


The Human Genome Goes Wiki

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| A group of scientists aims to post thousands of entries on Wikipedia that
| describe the workings of individual human genes. The team realizes the
| potential for mischief -- anyone can change a Wikipedia article, regardless
| of their expertise or intent -- but were convinced by the popularity of the
| online encyclopedia and its volunteer overseers' general quickness.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/The-Human-Genome-Goes-Wiki-63745.html


Plaintiffs Complain About Microsoft Docs

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| There are now 1,276 identified problems with the technical documentation,
| compared to fewer than 900 at the beginning of the year, said Stephen Houck,
| a lawyer representing the so-called California group of states that are
| plaintiffs in the case.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147482/plaintiffs_complain_about_microsoft_docs.html


Microsoft Deleted Windows Interoperability Documents, Feds Say

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| Microsoft has stopped publishing some of the technical documentation that
| rival software makers may need to make their products interoperable with the
| Windows operating system, according to a court-mandated committee overseeing
| Microsoft's compliance with a federal antitrust settlement.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208800293


Gaps found in Microsoft Exchange API documentation

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| Speaking to ZDNet.co.uk at the CeBIT conference, Joseph said Microsoft's
| start is not promising: "This could definitely make life easier for
| developers, but we have spotted over 200 undocumented exceptions, including
| one that allows you to create recurring calendar appointments in Exchange. It
| was in the documentation for Exchange 2000, but they forgot to document it
| for Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007."    
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39364629,00.htm


AMD Releases R600 GPU Documentation

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| AMD's Alex Deucher has today announced the availability of the documentation
| covering the R600 Family Instruction Set Architecture. This ISA (Instruction
| Set Architecture) documentation covers the unified shader block found on the
| Radeon HD 2000/3000 series and newer. This PDF document is 342 pages long and
| does go into detail surrounding R600 vertex and geometry shaders.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjUyMA


ATI R200 Documentation Coming Too

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| John doesn't believe these R200 documents will be of any use to the
| xf86-video-ati developers for improving the Radeon 8500 to 9250 open-source
| support, but that it will help assist new open-source developers in beginning
| to understand graphics programming. The Radeon 8500 programming guide
| consists of what has been described as a "pretty good introductory guide for
| new driver dev[eloper]s" and "if it allows a few more people to become active
| developers that can make a big difference."      
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjM5NA


AMD Releases R300 3D Register Guide

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| Today's R300 documentation release is just 99 pages long but covers registers
| for color buffer, fog, geometry assembly, graphics backend, rasterization,
| clipping, setup unit, texture, fragment shaders, vertex, and Z-Buffer. This
| is now the fourth open-source documentation dump (and sixth document) from
| AMD, since announcing their open-source strategy last year. Aside from the
| R500 3D guide, the previous documents had covered the basic register
| information for the R500/600 mobile and desktop chipsets (RV630/M56 and
| M76/RS690).
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_r300_guide&num=1


AMD Releases 3D Programming Documentation

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| The 3D programming documentation today is 300 pages and is made up of a
| programming guide and register specifications. Among the areas covered in
| this 3D guide are the command processor, vertex shaders, fragment shaders,
| Hyper-Z, and the various 3D registers. Editor's Note: In the hours leading up
| to this public documentation drop, we've been told that tcore will now not be
| available for immediate download with this 3D programming documentation. We
| would expect tcore to be available very soon, if it's not already available
| for you from the download server.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_tcore_release&num=1
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